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REARDAN - A slew of Easter Egg hunts gets started with a special hunt at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum Saturday, March 23. Children can take a train ride at one of four scheduled times: 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Each ride will conclude with an Easter Egg hunt. And the fun kicks back in full force the day before Easter Saturday, March 30, around the county. The Davenport Lions Club hosts its annual hunt at 9 a.m. at City Park for children birth-5th grade. That will...
HARRINGTON — Those closely following proposed wind turbine project developments will have a chance to learn more about various community viewpoints and issues soon. The Lincoln County Cattlemen’s Association is sponsoring a community meeting at the Harrington Opera House to help educate the public at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. Moderator Sue Lani Madsen said the meeting’s purpose is to establish a “baseline of information” and attempt to answer questions citizens have. “We want to establish a culture of being able to discuss...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Planning Dept. is in the process of updating Title 17 of the county code to include provisions for alternative energy facility siting, like wind and solar projects. Such language is not presently included in the code. The update comes during controversial wind turbine projects being developed utilizing mostly private, leased land in the Davenport, Reardan and Harrington areas by multiple alternative energy companies. A new chapter, 17.14, would address commercial wind energy facility s...
Zion Lutheran Church, 1007 Washington Street, Davenport: Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday service at 11 a.m. Easter egg hunt to follow. Christ Lutheran Church, 41697 State Highway 25, Davenport: Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. preceded by soup supper at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday service at 8:30 a.m. Trinity Bible Fellowship, 1101 First Street, Davenport: Good Friday Satyr service at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday Sunrise service at Swedish cemetery by Deer Meadows at 7 a.m. Regular Easter Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. First...
Davenport birthdays March 22: Benjamin Hein, Gary Cirullo, Jeremy Buck, Jude Falk March 23: Denise Arland, Owen Telford, Kathy Reinbold, Matt Littell March 24: Tim Hosking, Zach Carey-Cannon, Mahta Hein, Kylee Dennis, Alivia Tucker March 25: Casey Mason, Paris Malet March 26: Lynda Leffel, Avery Prewitt March 27: Caleb Bowdish, Florence Fitzsimmons, Colleen McCowan, Codie Linstrum, Michaela Goetz, Gwyneth Ramson March 28: Mark Patterson, Andee Jacobsen, Kristine Reinbold, Josie Wynecoop, Stetson Sanford Davenport...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. March 10 Traffic stops: 31 A Reardan woman said she thought there was a large bobcat outside her house on the 100 block of Maple Street. A car crash was reported at 12th and Morgan Streets in Davenport. A disturbance...
1 years ago • Directors and officers of the Lincoln-Adams County Pioneer and Historical society met at Sprague and formulated plans for the annual pioneer picnic on Crab Creek. • Plans for a new Presbyterian Church to replace the building destroyed by fire four months prior were discussed in Davenport. 75 years ago • Robert Gunning was picked as new commander of the Jim M. Gale Veterans of Foreign Wars post No. 7080. • About 100 people attended the annual stockholders meeting of Lincoln Mutual No. 2 in Reardan. 50 years a...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of March 22-28 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, March 22 • Reardan/Davenport tennis at Lake Roosevelt @ 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 • LRS track at Ray Cross Invite in Ephrata @ 10 a.m. • Odessa and Reardan track at Icebreak Relays Invitational at Valley Christian @ 10:30 a.m. • Davenport baseball and softball at Asotin @ 11 a.m. • Odessa baseball at Cusick @ noon • Reardan baseb...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. March 4 Traffic stops: 22 A 911 hangup call came from a woman in the Davenport area. On a callback, the woman was revealed to have dementia and made the call in error. A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to...
Davenport birthdays March 15: Peggy Semprimoznik, Kendra Hosking, Brad Floyd, Lynee Carpenter, Jan Ziemer March 16: Emmett Kilps, Rob Hopkins March 17: Boone Easley-Cate, Dick Wandling, Chance Smith, Lisa Semprimoznik, Crystal Sellers, Ron Warner, Maetie Harvey March 18: Kayleigh Phillips, Pauline Drefs, Colton Jenkins March 20: Rachae Pearcy, Don Strate Davenport anniversaries March 20: Todd and Lynne Guhlke March 21: Chuck and Ann Johnston Reardan birthdays March 18: Konnor Hoff March 19: Benjamin Hedrick, Benjamin Landt...
1 years ago • Two Odessa schoolboys were lodged in the county jail on charges of breaking into the A.W. Birge garage and taking a Ford car. • Revere district farmer John Potts sued Robert MacDonald of Sprague for $25,000, saying MacDonald made slanderous remarks about Potts. 75 years ago • A once denied petition for formation of a cemetery district including 97 sections of land around Edwall hit another snag when a few farmers opposed the district. • New school board members were elected around Lincoln County, includi...
NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS Date of Notice: March 14, 2024 Grantee/Responsible Entity: City of Harrington Grantee/Responsible Entity Address: 1 North Third Street P.O. Box 492 Harrington, WA 99134 TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS On or about March the abovenamed Responsible Entity (RE) will request the Washington State Department of Commerce (Commerce) to release federal funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-383) for the following project: CDBG Contract...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of March 15-21 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Mar. 15 • LRS track at Sweeney Invite in Lewiston @ 10 a.m. • Davenport baseball and softball at Lake Roosevelt @ 2 p.m. • Reardan tennis at Lake Roosevelt @ 3 p.m. • Davenport and Reardan track at Fisher Jamboree in Colville @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 16 • LRS tennis at Medical Lake @ 10 a.m. • Odessa baseball vs. Almira-Coul...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Republican Central Committee elected delegates to the Washington State Republican Party Convention at the 2024 County Republican Convention at the County Courthouse Sunday, March 3. Seven delegates and four alternates were chosen at the Convention. Chairwoman Mary Blechschmidt, Ron Horlacher and Carol Paul are automatic State party delegates. Elected delegates included Dale Anderson of Creston, Dugan Blechschmidt of Seven Bays, Jan Horlacher of Deer Meadows, Shelley Sieverkropp of Wilbur, D...
DAVENPORT —The Lincoln County Commissioners discussed county tax title properties with Treasurer Emily Hansen and Assessor J Scott Liebing at the Commissioners’ regular meeting Monday, March 4. Hansen explained that tax title properties are properties that have gone up for foreclosure. If it is not bought through auction, it gets deeded into Lincoln County’s name and is removed from the tax rolls. There are currently 27 tax title properties in Lincoln County. Hansen said one parcel in Odessa, Lot 4 of Bromstad Plat B-95,...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Feb. 26 Traffic stops: 7 A local man was arrested on a firearms-related charge in Odessa. A caller said a friend sent her a letter with a key and title to a vehicle in the mail and when she got the letter, it had bee...
HARRINGTON — A local man was injured in a one-car rollover crash three miles east of the city on State Highway 28 Monday, March 4. Francis M. Pate, 59, of Harrington was injured after his gray 2000 Toyota Camry left the Highway and rolled multiple times near milepost 120 of the Highway around 5:43 p.m. Monday, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. The Patrol reported that the Camry stopped 60 feet off the roadway and Pate was ejected from the vehicle. He was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Medical C...
1 years ago • Commercial clubs and community organizations in Lincoln County discussed plans for getting out special advertising material to draw settlers from other states to the County. • Former Sheriff’s Office deputy and current Treasurer’s Office employee Henry Hopp of Odessa suffered a broken shoulder blade while engaged in a friendly scuffle with Clay Chapman that knocked Hopp out of work for six weeks. • Senator Charles E. Myers gave a talk on state geography to a local assembly of high school students. 75 years...
Davenport birthdays March 8: Gabe Gants, Matthew Orvis, Becke Alexander, Gio Bellotti, Piper Kowalkowski March 9: Casey Parsons, Isabelle Singer, Bob Rambo March 10: Sawyer Semprimoznik, Vinny Bellotti, Mack Dehn March 11: Whitney Mead, Mike Honey, Mark Downey, Rachel Jorden March 12: Ridge Gunning, Camryn Slahtasky March 13: Levi Schenk, David Thomas March 14: Lynn Leisle, Mary Morgan-Gamble, Sidney Fleming, Jake Hennings, Mike McDaniel Reardan birthdays March 9: Emily Zwainz March 10: Johanna Ellis March 11: Porter...
HARRINGTON - The Lincoln County Youth Soccer League was formed in the spring of 2023, with kids participating from many areas of the county. Due to the success of the league the first year, organizers are gearing up for a second year. "We had 17 teams from four different towns," League Coordinator Jon Evans said. Teams consist of kids from kindergarten through 8th grade and each team is two grades combined, co-ed and they play by simple rules. "We did not expect to have many...
DAVENPORT - Two wind turbine project builds being attempted in Lincoln County by Omaha-based Tenaska and Toronto-based Cordelio Power aren't the only projects in the works here. Triple Oak Power, a Portland, Oregon-based green energy supplier, is in the process of leasing land for a turbine project of its own north to northeast of Davenport. While CEO Jesse Gronner was wary to offer many details on the project, titled "Great Bend Wind," before such details are finalized, he sa...
DAVENPORT — The Feb. 13 Special Election was officially certified Friday, Feb. 23, confirming that Educational Programs and Operations and Capital Projects levies around Lincoln County all passed. Voter precinct data was released with that certification, indicating which areas of each School District were more in favor of the levies than others. In Davenport, a 4-year EP&O levy valued at approximately $2.30 per $1,000 assessed property value and a 4-year capital projects levy valued at approximately $1 per $1,000 assessed p...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Feb. 18 Traffic stops: 9 A commercial alarm was reported going off at Wonder Mini Mart in Wilbur. Feb. 19 Traffic stops: 16 A caller said her dogs were very upset and she didn’t feel safe going outside. A caller reque...
Davenport birthdays March 1: Jeremy Sewall March 2: Jersey Sanford, Donna Gauch March 3: Wayde Badgley, Angie Duff, Tami Odenrider, Sarah Raugust, Ripp Coffman March 4: Kelsie Mann, Briana Becker, Michelle Dodson March 5: Donna Fisher March 6: Angie Nicholls-Stiles, Dixie Guhlke, Jake Mattox, Lynnzee Zeus, Jennifer Gill March 7: Jesse Morrision, Trissie Sanguinet, Ginny Hein, Alex Guhlke, Macie Hopkins Davenport anniversaries March 4: Josh and Danielle Miller March 5: Stacey and Susie Friedlein Reardan birthdays March 1:...
1 years ago • A jury couldn’t reach a verdict and was discharged after one juror maintained their opposing position in the case of Henry Scheel, who was charged with grand larceny. • Davenport City Council granted the Union Oil company a permit to construct a warehouse, garage, office building, pumphouse and four steel tanks where the North Central Highway crossed the Central Washington Railroad. • Clarence Sherman of Downs and Bluestem was arrested in Ferry County on charges of stealing cattle. 75 years ago • Betty Lou...
